BACKGROUND Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, also known as Ogilvie syndrome, is an uncommon postoperative complication of total hip and total knee arthroplasty that is characterized by massive colonic dilatation and the potential for substantial morbidity and mortality. METHODS We conducted a retrospective case-control study of 1170 total hip and knee arthroplasties performed by one surgeon f...

have received preference either in technical treatment or in more imponderable human matters such as moral support and explanation. This in itself will help to sustain the faith of the public in its doctors, a faith which, though at root still sound, has suffered from the tendency of politicians to score party points out of the teething trouble of the service, and of irresponsible newspapers to...

Sheilagh C. Ogilvie Continuity and Change / Volume 8 / Issue 02 / August 1993, pp 159 ­ 179 DOI: 10.1017/S0268416000002058, Published online: 11 November 2008 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/ abstract_S0268416000002058 How to cite this article: Sheilagh C. Ogilvie (1993). Proto­industrialization in Europe. Continuity and Change,8, pp 159­179 doi:10.1017/S0268416000002058 Req...